Fastening device



June 8, 1937. M. SPEAR ET AL FASTENING DEVICE Filed Dec. 19, 1935 l'nveniws MAY SPEAR GLAoYs 5KLUT/1 AZ-Zarney v opening being secured in appropriate depressions A mouth or opening is provided for the bag 1 vide a sliding closure device of the type menterminated in a left-hand outer leg I8. The two provide a closure device wherein slidable elements ingof which our device is applied, and a flexible r 40 close the edges of said opening upon one another.- opposite end of the opening H, all the clips I4 Patented .June 8, 1937 i FASTENING DEVICE May Spear, Jackson Heights, and Gladys Skluth,

Woodside, N. Y.

Application llecember 19, 1935, Serial No. 55,162

i 7 Claims. (01. ?/.420'I) This invention relates to slidable closure de- Figs. 7 and 8 show another modification. vices adapted for fastening the openings of bags, Referring now more closely to the drawing by pouches, garments, and the like, and has for its characters ofreference, the numeral l indicates main object to provide a device of this character an article of manufacture in general, in this'case in which a flexible element will lie alongside said being a bag, to which our invention is applied.

in spaced apart clips sliding on the edges of the having preferably-beaded right-hand and leftopening. 7 I hand edges l2 and I3. Slidable clip members M Another object of this invention is to provide are arranged on the beads 62 and iii in the man a device as characterized hereinbefore, of which ner to be described presently. Each beadhas a only certain artistically arranged portions will be right-hand cur'ved portion l5 and a left-hand shown on the outer side of the article to which curved portion I6 slidably but snugly encircling it is applied, while the major portion thereof will v the respectivebeads i2 and I3. The right-hand be concealed therein. curved portion I5 ends in a. right-hand outer Still another object of this invention is to proleg l1 and each left-hand curved portion "5 is tioned which is quick and reliable in operation, curved or arcuate portions l5 and I6, riding on that is, in opening or closing the article or piece the respective beads are interconnected with a of garment to which it is applied. downwardly extending loop l9, normally riding Still a further object of this invention is to inside of the bag or other garment, to the openare moving in parallelism to one another and in strip-like memberlll, like a cord, chain, etc.. is a pre-determined spaced relation when the artitightly engaged by the loop portions l9, as shown; cle is closed, and theirmovement is guided and in this manner the individual sliding clip are controlled by a flexible element-within the artifixedly secured and in spaced relation to one 25 o cle to which the device is applied. another on the cord or chain 20 within the bag With this and other objectsin view, as will be or garment Ill. The arcuate portions l5 and I6,

apparent as the specification proceeds, our inconstituting the double grips of each clip, are ilvention mainly consists in slidable clip members lustrated as opening in substantially the same dion the outside of the opening in the bag, garrection. This terminology shouid be understood ment or the like, forcing the edges of said opening to mean that lines drawn from the bottom of to one another, a portion of each of said clip each arcuate portion through the approximate members forming a channel or depression and center of each arc opening extend in substantially there tightly embracing a flexible element by its the same direction.

' pressure only, and being so secured thereto, so One end of the strip 20 may preferably be sethat when said clips are slid to one end, they willv cured to the respective end wall in the opening ll open the bag or garment, while if they are strung of the bag or garment, and it is obvious that if alongside of said opening as they are spaced along the clip nearest to the opposite end of the flexsaid sealed flexible member, they will tightly ible member 20 is caused to slide towards the In an embodiment of our invention said channel will be spaced along the opening H as shown in and said flexible element may be concealed with- Figs. 1 and 2, and will thereby cause the beads l2 in the bag or the like. g and 13 to be pressed to one another and so to In the drawing forming a part of the specificaclose the opening H. For better closure the clips tion and accompanying the same: 54 may be made of rather thin material and the Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a bag in a closed beads l2 and I3 somewhat yielding and elastic. position to which ourinvention has been ap- If, on the other hand, clips I! will be crowded plied; near the end of-the opening H in the bag to Fig. 2 1S a fragmentary partly sectional plan which the respective end of the flexible member view thereof, while I '20 is secured, then of course, they will release 50 Fig: 3 1s a sectional detail, the section being the two beads from one another and .the bag taken: on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2; will 'be open,

Figs. 4, 5, and 6, are fragmentary elevational It will be seen that our invention may be aprespectively, sectional, views, showing a modiflcae plied not only to bags, as shown. but to any other 55 tion of our device, and article of manufacture having an opening there- 55 the flexible member may be greatlyvaried, like the legs l1 and It may be variously formed, and

the inner loop l9 may preferably be smaller and more circular in cross section than-shown in 18 Fig. 3.

In Figs. 4 to 6, we illustrate a modification of our device in which the right-hand and left-hand bent portions 2i and 22 of each clip 23 are dirctly interconnected with a bridge portion 24 20 outside of the heads I 2 and i3. Said portion 24 may be made downwardly curved as shown in Fig. 6 or may be made entirely straight, and in the center portion thereof two parallel slits 25 and 26 may be provided and the material 21 between them bent upwardly so as to form a loop, best illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6. A flexible member 28 may be passed through the spaces between the loops 21-and the bridgemembers 24 whereupon said loop 21 may-be securely pressed on the flexible element 28 and each clip thus fixedly secured, in a desired spaced relation to one another on the flexible member 26. The use and operation of this device will be obvious from the drawing, and it is entirely similar to the one described in connection with Figs. 1, 2, and 3, the only difference being that the flexible member 28 is exposed on the outside of the bag or garment and may be crowded to the one end of the opening or stretched along said opening according to whether the bag or garment is to be opened or closed.

In Figs. 7 and 8, flnally, we show still another modification of our invention, in which each clip ill again has a channel shaped depression 3| into which is laid an appropriate flexible element 32, like a chain, cord, etc., the sides of the depression being tightly pressed on said element 22 and the clip being secured thereon so that the'flexible element will be exposed all along its length. The

walls of the depression may embrace the element I2 aboveits diameter, if round, or be bent over. it, I as indicated in the drawing, but the mere pressing of them on the element may also be sumcient to secure the clips at the respective place on the flexible element. q

It will be understood that changes and variations may be made in theparts and combinations of our device and we hereby reserve all our rights to any and all such changes as are within the spirit of the invention and the scope of the appended claims.

What we 'claim as new is: 1. A closure for. an article having an opening with flexible beads extending along the edges' thereof comprising a series of clips each having adjacent arcuate inner portions opening in substantially the same. direction and providing a double grip slidably engaging said beads, each clip including a portion 1 intermediate the two gripping portions extending through the opening a distance sufllcient to cooperate-with the end thereof to limit sliding movement of the clip along its supporting beads.

2. A closure for an article having an opening with flexible beads extending along the edges thereof comprising a series of clips of arcuate inner contour slidably engaging and supported by said beads, each end clip at least of the series having adjacentarcuate inner portions opening in substantially the same direction and providing a double grip slidably engaging the respective, beads, said end clips including a portion intermediate the two gripping portions extending through the opening a distance sufllcient to cooperate with the end thereof to limit sliding movement of the clip along its supporting beads.

3. A closure for an article having an opening with flexible beads extending along the edges thereof comprising a series of clips each having adjacent arcuate inner portions opening in substantially the same direction and providing a double grip slidably engaging said beads, each clip including a portion intermediate the two gripping portions extending through the opening a distance sufllcient to cooperate with the end thereof to limit sliding movement of the clip along its supporting beads, and a flexiblespacer element secured at spaced points along its length to the extended intermediate portion of each clip' adjacent the extremity thereof, whereby the same is concealed from view. 4. A closure for an article having an opening with flexible .beads extending along the edges thereof comprising a series of integral clips formed as independent arcuate portions opening in the same direction and adapted to embrace the .beads respectively, the inner legs of said arcuate portions forming a double arm extending through said opening beyond the beads to form a stop cooperating with the end of said opening to limit the longitudinal sliding movement of .the clips, and'a flexible spacer element frictionally gripped at spaced points along its length between said inner legs adjacent the extremities thereof whereby the same is concealed from view.

5. A clip forclosing an opening, said clip com prising adjacent arcuate portions opening in substantially the same direction to provide a double grip adapted for slidable movement along adjacent supporting beads at opposite edges of said opening, said clip including a portion intermediate the two gripping portions, and lying substantially in the plane thereof, forming a common backing for the outer arcuate portion of each grip.

6. A closure'for an article having an opening with flexible beads extending ,along the edges thereof'comprising a series of clips of arcuate inner contour slidably'engaging and supported by said beads, each, end clip at least of the series having adjacent arcuate bead-engaging portions opening towards one another atan angle within a range of infinity to and providing a double grip slidably engaging the respective beads, said end clips including a portion intermediate the two gripping portions extending through the opening a distance sufllcient to cooperate with the end thereof to limit sliding movement of the clip along its supporting beads.

7'. A clip for closing an opening, said clip comprising adjacent arcuate portions opening towards one another at an angle within a range of inflnity to 180 to provide a double grip adapted for slidable movement along adjacent supporting beads at opposite edges of said opening, said clip including a portion intermediatethe two gripping portions. and lying substantially in the plane thereof, forming a common backing for the outer arcuate portion of each grip.

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